Iran Curbs Spark Trade Shift

WASHINGTON—Iran is accelerating its efforts to buoy its non-oil trade and to find new markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East as it struggles for economic survival amid an intensifying U.S. financial war on Tehran and its allies, the country's chief economic manager said in an interview.

U.S. and European sanctions targeting Tehran's oil exports and central bank have contributed to an 80% depreciation of the Iranian currency,...